For the first time, a European teachers union has called for an academic boycott of Israel. Last week, the annual conference of the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) voted unanimously to call for such a boycott. According to a report in…
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USA: Union uses ‘academic freedom’ to attack academic freedom - the case of PSC CUNY
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A few years back, British unions of academics debated the question of whether to show their solidarity with the Palestinians by boycotting Israeli academics. Eventually that tactic was dropped in part because of a very effective campaign by many academics…
37 Nobel Laureates come out against academic boycott of Israel
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As teachers’ unions in a number of countries, most notably Britain, consider an academic boycott of Israel, the announcement today that 37 Nobel laureates have come out publicly against the boycott is important news. In a statement reported on the…